Ludum Dare #46compo

A house without a fire

by jimmothysanchez

Overall:★★★★★★★★★★3.06(#835)

Fun:★★★★★★★★★★2.47(#1015)

Innovation:★★★★★★★★★★2.86(#851)

Theme:★★★★★★★★★★3.64(#554)

Graphics:★★★★★★★★★★3.61(#410)

Audio:★★★★★★★★★★3.36(#328)

Mood:★★★★★★★★★★3.69(#172)

A house without a fire

Description

A house without a fire just isn’t the same. It never feels quite right. It never feels alive.

Collect logs from the forest and burn them in your home to keep your house alive. Don't let the fire die. The hotter the fire the faster the heart beats.

Controls:

WASD - Move

Mouse - Look

Left Click - Pick up wood / Drop wood / Burn wood

Escape - Exit

A note from the developer

Thanks for taking a look at this game I made for Ludum Dare 46. This was created in 48 hours from scratch by one guy so pardon the rough edges. I'm a developer by trade so this was a great excuse for me to work on my art skills. I had a lot of fun making this but I unfortunately ran out of time and so this game is clearly unfinished. I encourage you to download it, try it out and let me know what you think.

Tools used

Unreal Engine - Substance Painter - Substance Designer - Blender - Audacity - Gimp

Update 4/20/2020

Fixed a game breaking lighting bug

Tools: Audacity, Blender, GIMP, Unreal Engine

Comments16

NEKORUMA21 Apr 2020, 02:55

greath graphics!! is good idea and concept!

blotosaur21 Apr 2020, 03:24

Great graphics. Has an eerie mood. Nice Game!

WTMK_BK21 Apr 2020, 03:27

It kept freezing for me when garbing logs, the lighting and effects i liked a lot!

vano21 Apr 2020, 03:36

This was really well done! I love the graphics and sound effects. The little story at first scared me and made me think it was going to have some creepy girl A.I hunting me down in the woods. This was a lot of fun and the idea of going back and forth gathering items was kind of similar to my entry, so I thoroughly enjoyed the concept! The only thing I would consider would be increasing the lighting in the house because it was a little difficult to see what was happening at first. Overall, this was a great little game!

Azzure21 Apr 2020, 04:41

Awesome art! The heart sound is a bit annoying, but I loved the detail of the voice acting!
A UI indicating the state of the fire would have been great.

Great job! 😃

jimmothysanchezauthor21 Apr 2020, 14:37

@azzure - Thanks for the feed back. The heart beat rate is supposed to let you know how the fire is doing, but it's not very obvious. I've added that to the description.

deniskazantsev21 Apr 2020, 22:56

Liked narrator voice and creepy floating head)

cheesepencil22 Apr 2020, 02:00

Quite spooky, great mood. Stirring story and visuals.

PythooonUser22 Apr 2020, 20:53

Very creepy game. The heart is so gross^^ And that thing out in the woods... Nice narrative.

artist_hidihojoe24 Apr 2020, 00:42

is there an end in this game?

Lestat25 Apr 2020, 05:42

Nicely done, I couldn't finish it, the heart kept going slower u.u Does it have an ending? Anyways, it fits the theme, it is fun. Good job!

mehrdadsh25 Apr 2020, 14:15

Hello, i like your game, nice graphics. I'm a programmer looking for a graphic designer or a team to join and maybe work on new games, are you interested?
email:[email protected]

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